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| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 3rd, 4th, 5th January 1977 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Wellington won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Wellington 15 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Auckland 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | AH Hart, SJ Woodward |
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland (1) 156/4 (Burgess 75*, Reid 21*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (2) 8/1 (Parsons 8*, Kasper 0*) |
| Player of the Match | BW Cederwall |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AEW Parsons | b Cederwall | 7 | |||||
| JD Riley | run out | 24 | |||||
| RJ Kasper | c Coney b Cederwall | 10 | |||||
| MG Burgess | c BD Smith b Chatfield | 86 | |||||
| GE Vivian | b Cederwall | 10 | |||||
| +JF Reid | not out | 64 | |||||
| RW Morgan | c Coney b Cederwall | 7 | |||||
| *HJ Howarth | not out | 31 | |||||
| LW Stott | did not bat | ||||||
| GB Troup | did not bat | ||||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 5 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 73.4 overs) | 250 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-34, 3-66, 4-78, 5-168, 6-183 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 21 | 5 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cederwall | 27.4 | 5 | 74 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cater | 14 | 2 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Edgar | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Coney | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pither | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| BD Smith | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Smith | c Reid b Troup | 6 | |||||
| BA Edgar | c Kasper b Cushen | 33 | |||||
| JFM Morrison | run out | 18 | |||||
| *JV Coney | c Burgess b Cushen | 0 | |||||
| +RH Vance | c Burgess b Troup | 8 | |||||
| EJ Gray | c Stott b Howarth | 19 | |||||
| BD Smith | c Howarth b Troup | 26 | |||||
| RJ Pither | c Howarth b Cushen | 14 | |||||
| BW Cederwall | not out | 39 | |||||
| SB Cater | b Cushen | 0 | |||||
| EJ Chatfield | b Troup | 10 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.7 overs) | 191 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-56, 3-56, 4-69, 5-91, 6-93, 7-123, 8-163, 9-163, 10-191 (54.7 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 12.7 | 1 | 75 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 17 | 7 | 28 | 4 | - | - | |
| Stott | 16 | 5 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 9 | 3 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AEW Parsons | lbw b Cederwall | 50 | |||||
| JD Riley | c sub b Cater | 0 | |||||
| RJ Kasper | c Pither b Gray | 29 | |||||
| RW Morgan | c Vance b Cederwall | 4 | |||||
| GE Vivian | c Morrison b Cater | 2 | |||||
| +JF Reid | not out | 30 | |||||
| *HJ Howarth | b Cederwall | 56 | |||||
| LW Stott | not out | 2 | |||||
| MG Burgess | did not bat | ||||||
| GB Troup | did not bat | ||||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 57.4 overs) | 186 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-70, 3-74, 4-88, 5-90, 6-183 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 14 | 4 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cederwall | 13.4 | 3 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cater | 8 | 2 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pither | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gray | 12 | 3 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morrison | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Smith | retired hurt | 9 | |||||
| BA Edgar | b Howarth | 31 | |||||
| JFM Morrison | c Stott b Howarth | 1 | |||||
| *JV Coney | not out | 120 | |||||
| +RH Vance | c and b Howarth | 6 | |||||
| BD Smith | not out | 76 | |||||
| EJ Gray | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Pither | did not bat | ||||||
| BW Cederwall | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Cater | did not bat | ||||||
| EJ Chatfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 42.1 overs) | 249 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-53, 3-95 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 7 | 0 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 13.1 | 2 | 85 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stott | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 18 | 3 | 87 | 3 | - | - | |